Rabbit Repellent
The hubby and I were walking to the Potager when we noticed movement. We watched as a rabbit paused and then sat and ate some clover, while carefully examining our fence, as if to say, " Am I too early for the salad bar?"
We think it's likely there must have been a neighborhood party that we were not invited to.
The rabbit then made his way to the other side of the fence. He sat up on his hind legs and motioned, wiping his eyes, and 2 other rabbits appeared and they all began chasing each other around.
We watched stunned as they ate clover and seemed to be plotting ways to sneak into the garden which reminds me of the book The Tale of Peter Rabbit by one of my favorite authors Beatrix Potter.
who also wrote The Tale of Tom Kitten and The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck among others. These are enchanting stories!
It's said that the presence of a dog in the yard may keep rabbits away but that is not the case here as we have 4 dogs that frequent the yard so they have not deterred rabbits. We are not trappers so we think we will go with sound deterrents next.
Now back to the Potager. We were happy to see it survived yesterday's downpour and there was no standing water. YEAH!
Today, we moved in a few containers of sweet peppers and strawberries. The yellow marigolds have opened fully and look stunning and some of our lettuce and beans have popped up through the ground.
The chives in the old clay pot are done flowering. I cut these back monthly and have been using off these a while.
Chives have the best flavor and I can't past this without grabbing a few flowerheads to pop into my mouth.
From there, we made our way back across and to the other side of our property.
I was tickled to see that a grapevine we thought we'd lost a few years back has also reappeared behind our shed.
We have a potted cucumber growing up a trellis and some tomatoes in amongst the inverted L shaped perennial bed. Other than that we went on a search for a section of our compost bin that somehow or another was lost in the storm. We have yet to find it.
Chives have the best flavor and I can't past this without grabbing a few flowerheads to pop into my mouth.
From there, we made our way back across and to the other side of our property.
I was tickled to see that a grapevine we thought we'd lost a few years back has also reappeared behind our shed.
We have a potted cucumber growing up a trellis and some tomatoes in amongst the inverted L shaped perennial bed. Other than that we went on a search for a section of our compost bin that somehow or another was lost in the storm. We have yet to find it.